How popular is Francisco?

Francisco is a very popular first name for men (#145 out of 1220, Top 12%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#1833 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. Demographics)

Francisco reached its top rank of #114 in the U.S. in 1991, and is presently at #247. (Top 2000 Names, 2015)

Which version is better?

with its variant forms and related boy names. Popular varying forms of Francisco (#247 via latest list) are Francis(#482 via latest list), Franco(#878), Francesco(#1338), Fransisco, Chico and Francois. These relations of Francisco were at the apex of their popularity a century ago (adoption of 0.6%) and have become significantly less common since (adoption 0.1%, ▼79.8%), with the version Francis becoming somewhat dated. Franco is the most trendy boy name in this list.